got this this week end and this may be a way to start saving some of the old records. H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Randall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [SC] SC trip documentation > Robert, that is some excellent ideas for all of us to use!! Thank you for > sharing. > Jane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert M. Temples" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:49 AM > Subject: [SC] SC trip documentation > > > > Hi fellow researches: > > > > > > > > Last month we spent two weeks researching my father's lines from > > Columbia, SC to Davisboro, GA and most areas between. We took with us > > our laptop completed with the latest data base, a digital video and > > still cameras, and a digital voice recorder. Our Olympus C-750 still > > camera and Sony IC voice recorder were EXTERMLY valuable tools. > > Everywhere we got access to courthouse vaulted documents (originals) > > because we were not trying to photocopy these pages. On the camera auto > > function and with the general lighting in these places, no flash was > > necessary. The files this camera creates can be enlarged, brightened, > > sharpen, etc. We took over 1300 shots and over 13 hours of voice taping > > all of which will be included in our software data base when done. > > > > > > > > We also, found these tools to be time savers and cost savers verse > > printing off microfilm at what ever the copy costs are. As with any > > digital file, sending on the internet for sharing is direct. If any of > > you have questions regarding this you may contact me at > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > Robert Temples > > > > Edmonds, WA > > > > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > > Subscription instructions are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/misc.html#SCROOTS > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SCRoots Message Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCROOTS > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >